Improvement in churns



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

JOSEPH O. MAGLASKEY, OF PERTH AMBOY, `NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JAMES E. TYRRELL, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 110,616, dated December 27, 1870.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH O. MACLAs- KEY, of Perth Amboy, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Churns; and the following is hereby declared to be a full and correct description of the same.

My improvement relates to that class of churns in which dashers revolving in opposite directions are employed; and consists in means whereby said flashers and their shafts can be easily and quickly removed from the churnbarrel for cleansing said dashers and parts, or for repairs to the same, if necessary.

In the drawing, Figure l is a vertical section of a churn fitted with my said improvement, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.

a is the body of the churn 5 b, the bottom, and b a stationary half-head to the same. c is the step or bearing in the bottom b for the shaft d, and said shaft d is fitted with the dashers e e. Around said shaft d is the sleeve or tube j', and to this tube f the dashers g g are to be attached in any suitable lnanner, so that said dashers will revolve outside of the dashers e e.

The upper end of the shaft d, and also of the tube f, is provided with the bevel-gears h c', respectively.

The head of the churn body or barrel I make in two parts-a fixed part, b, and a removable portion, c-and to the fixed part or halfhead b I attach the standard k. This standard k is fitted to receive the shaft m andbevelgear a, for giving motion to the dashers e e through the gears h c and shaft and tube d j'.

The dashers e and g are made as rectangu lar frames, revolving one within the other and in opposite directions, so as to be easily kept clean, but produce violent agitation of the cream.

At the upper part of said standard k, I form a head adapted to receive the screwsocket p, and this socket forms a bearing for the upper part of the shaft d. u

From the foregoing it will be understood 'that the standard k is placed upon the Xed half-head b', and carries the shaft m, wheel n., and socket 1o, as aforesaid, and that, by removing the half-head or portion c and raising the socket p in its head by revolving the screw and handle t, the shaft d and all the parts carried byit can be easily removed from the churnbarrel, and opportunity afforded for cleaning the dashers and inside of the churn in the most thorough manner. v

The removable half-head c can be lifted for observing the churning operation without disturbing the other parts oi' the churn.

I claim as my invention-- The dasher-frames e g upon the shaft d and tube f, respectively, in combination with the y gears 1Min and screw-socket p, receiving the end of the shaft d, the parts being constructed and acting as and for the purposes specified.

Signed by me this 23d day of March, A. l). 1870. g'

J. o. MAoLAsKEY.

Witnesses:

CEAS. H. SMITH, GEO. T. PINGKNEY. 

